title: Maintaining programme integrity: the FOR . . . A Change programme and the resettlement of ex-prisoners.
abstract: This article describes the process and results of monitoring the programme integrity of FOR . . . A Change, a group programme for offenders, as it was being delivered in three prisons in the United Kingdom. In so doing, it briefly describes the aims, structure, and theoretical orientation of the programme; explains what informed the particular approach to checking for integrity and how it was implemented; outlines the results; and finally, postulates the requisite conditions for the successful maintenance of programme integrity.
authors.affiliation: Swansea University, Wales, UK.
authors.forename: Maurice
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Vanstone
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D010349:Patient Compliance / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011329:Prisoners / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D016730:Program Development; D015397:Program Evaluation; D012114:Residential Treatment; D012742:Sex Offenses / Q000517:prevention & control*; D012919:Social Behavior